Risby

Other current and historical names

Risebi
Resebi

Built-Up Area: Risby
Parish/Community: Risby
District/Borough: St. Edmundsbury
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°16'2"N 0°37'53"E
Eastings/Northings: 579667, 266523
OS Grid: TL796665
Mapcode Local: GBR QDH.Y6N
Mapcode Global: VHJGM.W8RK

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Risby within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Risby in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Risby, par. and vil., Suffolk, 4 miles NW. of Bury St Edmunds, 2801 ac., pop. 441; P.O.

Risby in the Domesday Book

A village in Thingoe hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Norman (subinfeudated); Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 10/- in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £6 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 7 smallholders; 7 freemen; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1086: 12 cattle; 30 pigs; 32 goats; 3 cobs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Mills: 0.5

British Place Names

Risby, Suffolk

Risby is a village in Suffolk

Risby in historic gazetteers

Risby in the Domesday Book